Articles tagged with: Le Mans
Steve McQueen’s Driven Porsche Up for Auction
Posted in Antique, Auctions, Automobile, Car on 29 May 2008

Porsche

You hunt for something sporty may end here if you have enough dough to spill over or rather invest. The opportunity is to ink a neat deal with the Porsche driven by Steve McQueen in the Hollywood flick Le Mans. It would be up for auction at Bonhams & Butterfield in the US as a part of its Exceptional Motorcars and Automobili sale. The anticipated price that this coupe may fetch is $2 million.

For that amount, you would own the 1969-70 Porsche 908/2 Spyder that is a 350bhp, 3.0-litre flat-eight air-cooled speedster with a fiberglass body, tubular aluminum space frame and a car capable of hitting 200mph+. Besides driving it in Le Mans, McQueen also took a ride over it in the 1970 Sebring 12 Hours race. If you are making up your mind to possess it then auction is still 2.5 months away, so you can start saving now.

Auction date: 15 August

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Bentley Celebrates Triumph Via Speed 8 at 1/8th Scale
Posted in Automobile, Car, Events, Shopping on 28 April 2008

Bentley Speed 8

Now the talk about Ferrari is passé. It’s Bentley’s turn now. Featured above is an incredible 1/8 scale model of the Le Mans captivating Bentley Speed 8 that is produced globally in limited 100 models. It won’t be an exaggeration to label the 2003 Bentley Speed 8 as the latest coupe. The impressive car has the admiration of winning the 2003 24 Hours in Le Mans in governing fashion, thrashing the preceding champion Audi. Guy Smith took a ride over the number 7 Bentley Speed 8 crossways whilst David Brabham finished up in 2nd place in the sister number 8 car.

This can be counted as Bentley’s first victory at Le Mans in the history of 73 years. Those you have a serious fad for Bentley, can ink a neat deal with this fusion piece by dropping over £2750.

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Bentley Speed 8

Bentley Speed 8

Bentley Speed 8

Via Deluxeblog